How does the Alpha Geek establish dominance over the other techies in the herd? With a self-consciously old fashioned, expensive, and fussy computer accessory, of course! We take a look at the Das keyboard and see if it's that much better than the mushy crap keyboard that came bundled with your Dell.

In one clients office, there is an office girl who would go through keyboards nearly one every six months. She would literally wear keyboards out at that rate. I ordered her a Keytronic LT Classic, and she's been with that keyboard now for almost a year and a half.

I was so impressed with the feel of the keyboard, I ordered one for myself too. Using it right now to type this message.